fool's errand
noun[C]
uk/ˌfuːlz ˈer.ənd/us/ˌfuːlz ˈer.ənd/aneffortthat isunlikelyto besuccessful:
徒劳无功的努力It's a fool'serrandtryingto get Lena tojoinin anything.想拉蕾娜参加什么活动根本就是徒劳。
Useless and futile
- a mug's gameidiom
- adrift
- aimless
- aimlessly
- aimlessness
- airy-fairy
- frivolousness
- fruitless
- fruitlessly
- fruitlessness
- futile
- motiveless
- negate
- negation
- no goodidiom
- unfruitful
- unrealistic
- unrealistically
- untilyou areblue in the faceidiom
- unviability